Example sentences of "[verb] tell [pers pn] about [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my dealers has told you about these … shares . |
| 2 | I 'm glad you called , " Lorne went on weirdly , " because I want to tell you about another new idea I 've gotten . |
| 3 | So if you find a good Irish joke and want to tell it about another local or ethnic group you could do so . |
| 4 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |
| 5 | away till Thursday well we wo n't see her Wednesday and I 've got to tell her about that Mrs what 's her name that 's |
| 6 | Got to tell her about that have n't they Mick ? |
| 7 | As Wayne returned , she quickly took her hand away ; she was n't going to tell him about this , not if she could help it . |
| 8 | When a colleague discovered that I was coming here to do this er she saw it as laughable and she also saw it as something that I would prefer to keep quiet from my colleagues and tried a bit of moral blackmail on me as well to say I 'm going to tell them about that if you do n't them about this sort of thing . |
| 9 | I was just going to tell them about all the things that were on my mind , about my dad and about Jesus and about aliens taking over the … |
| 10 | If you 're going to tell me about that bloody dream again — . ’ |
| 11 | No not , not till the Manageress , I was just going to tell you about that . |
| 12 | But what I was going to tell you about this loan and I was there on this Friday morning when we were drawing our money , and the men were bringing their their s life savings to lend to the union . |
| 13 | ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman who Eddie had begun seeing and she said that the marriage had gone through a bad patch and divorce proceedings had been started , ’ Miss Coltman said . |
| 14 | Miss Coltman said : ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman that Eddie was seeing and at one point divorce proceedings had been started . |
| 15 | Miss Coltman said : ‘ Paula started to tell me about another woman that Eddie was seeing and at one point divorce proceedings had been started . ’ |
| 16 | Oh I 'll have to tell him about that . |
| 17 | They keep telling us about this poll tax , they 've got to cut the staff and then they decide that they 're going to give this man this money . |
| 18 | This was an original he was very proud of this and he kept telling us about this . |
| 19 | ‘ I meant to tell you about that . |
| 20 | So , if you 've got a sister who 's a Rainbow Guide , do n't forget to tell her about this super section — after all it is especially for her , although you might find it useful too ! |
| 21 | His grandad had told him about that , years later , when he was about fifteen . |
| 22 | Although the words were his the images were taken from those things Kraal and Minch had told him about that distant place . |
| 23 | He wished the coroner had told him about this ! |
| 24 | If you had told me about that when I was a child , I would n't have believed you . |
| 25 | One of the Kirkwoods from Woodbrook had told me about these wondrous isles , where fiddlers played Gaelic melodies to fisherfolk who danced on the quayside . |
| 26 | I 've told him about that . |
| 27 | You 've told him about this |
| 28 | ‘ It 's like so many things you 've told me about these murders , robberies and the rape . |
| 29 | Oh I think I 've told you about all that I can about the glen . |
| 30 | I 've told you about all I can tell you . |